Batman Through the Ages

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Check out the different looks the Dark Knight's rocked over the years.

By Audrey Drake

Considering Batman has been haunting the public consciousness for more than 70 years by this point, it should come as no surprise that his visual representation has changed quite a bit during that time. Sure, some things about the bat will never change. The whole "I am the night/my parents were murdered" thing has remained pretty constant from iteration to iteration. However, when it comes to looks, modern bat fans may be surprised to see how different older interpretations of the Caped Crusader actually were. The Batman of today is very different from the one of the 1930s, which is different from those depicted in various films and television shows.

While it would take an entire Bat-cyclopedia to comprehensively chronicle every alteration that's ever occurred to the look of Bruce Wayne's alter ego, in honor of the recent release of Batman: Arkham City, we've compiled some of his more important jumps in visual style. Take a look, and be sure to sound off in the comments on which vision of Batman is your all-time favorite, which cowl had the proper ear height and so on.